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Getting a Grip on Gravity Aboard a ShipFrom The Wall Street Journal: There’s an endless stream of advice about things that will stop you sleeping well: bright screens before...
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When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite ManorWhen Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen....
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English Is A Germanic LanguageFrom Rosetta Stone: German is widely considered among the easier languages for native English speakers to pick up. That’s because these...
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What is Syntax and Why is it Important to Understand Language?From Akorbi: What is syntax? Syntax is a term used by linguists to describe a set of principles and rules that govern sentence structure...
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Discussion: LanguageFrom MIT Open Courseware – Introduction to Psychology: Session Overview How do I move meaning from my mind to yours?...
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20 Rare Languages Still Spoken TodayFrom Universal Translation Services: Languages: Culture is the most personal thing society came up with. It defines the people of a...
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Language CityFrom The Wall Street Journal: Words are coined and money talks, but the link between linguistics and economics is more than metaphor. Most...
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Squire TrelawneySquire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from...
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Leap YearsThere were three thousand six hundred and fifty-three days like that in his stretch. From the first clang of the rail to the last clang of the...
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The adultification of YAFrom The Bookseller: This year marks my sixth anniversary of becoming a bookseller. I started off at Waterstones in Newcastle, and moved to...
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The Books Behind the 2024 Academy Award NominationsFrom Publishers Weekly: It’s Oscar season! And while the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences makes no bones about its foremost...
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Cox Communications wins order overturning $1 billion US copyright verdictFrom Reuters: Cox Communications, the cable television and internet service provider, convinced a U.S. appeals court to throw out a $1...
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Last LinesOnly when I am in bed, at dawn, listening to the cars down below in the streets of Paris, my memory betrays me; that summer returns to me with...
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The AI party is just getting startedFrom Market Insider: All eyes are on Nvidia as it is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter earnings results on Wednesday after the market...
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Russian spies are back—and more dangerous than everFrom The Economist: It is unusual for spymasters to taunt their rivals openly. But last month Bill Burns, the director of the CIA, could not...
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Microsoft’s Azure ‘leads the pack’ as the top managed AI service in the cloudFrom Windows Central: If there is one thing that is painfully obvious to most of us long-time fans of Microsoft, it is that they are not a...
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If all printers were determined not to print anythingIf all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed....
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Governor calls for reform of Florida’s book ban policies, after classics removedFrom WUWF Radio: Gov. Ron DeSantis is walking back Florida’s policies that make it easier to challenge or ban a book in the state. The...
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Why right-wing Italians love hobbits, pirates and talking seagullsFrom The Economist: The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome houses choice examples of 19th- and 20th-century Italian art....
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‘Damage’ Caused by 2023 Hugo Awards ControversyFrom Gizmodo: You’d think the biggest headlines surrounding an annual celebration of sci-fi and fantasy writing would be applauding the...
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Sexily ever after: how romance bookstores took over AmericaFrom The Guardian: Five years ago, there was just one. Now bookshops exclusively stocking romance novels are everywhere – aiming to ‘undo...
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Structure: The Safety Net for Your MemoirFrom Jane Friedman: Structure is the safety net readers fall into. Nailing it is the way we hold space for them and let them know that...
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Back on MondayLots of people to see and places to be today. PG will return tomorrow.
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Findaway and Corporate Rights GrabsFrom Kristine Kathryn Rusch: I know many of you have asked me to write about Findaway’s giant rights grab this week. I just finished a short...
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Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made UpFrom Ars Technica via Wired: After months of resisting, Air Canada was forced to give a partial refund to a grieving passenger who was misled...
